{"id":31329,"date":"2008-03-26T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/uncategorized\/guarantor-rights-in-surprising-places.html"},"modified":"2008-03-26T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T21:35:41","slug":"guarantor-rights-in-surprising-places","status":"publish","type":"corporate","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/business-operations\/guarantor-rights-in-surprising-places.html","title":{"rendered":"Guarantor Rights in Surprising Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline\">\n    <div class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-content\">\n                    <p><em>This article was edited and reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/company\/our-team.html\" rel=\"noopener\">FindLaw Attorney Writers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n                | Last reviewed\n        <time>\n                            May 18, 2026\n                    <\/time>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <details class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-toggle fl-gutenberg-byline-legally-reviewed\">\n        <summary>\n            <i class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n            Legally Reviewed\n        <\/summary>\n\n        <div class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-toggle-content\">\n            <p><em>This article has been written and reviewed for legal accuracy, clarity, and style by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/company\/our-team.html\" rel=\"noopener\">FindLaw\u2019s team of legal writers and attorneys<\/a> and in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/company\/company-history\/editorial-policy.html\" rel=\"noopener\">our editorial standards<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/details>\n\n    <details class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-toggle fl-gutenberg-byline-fast-checked\">\n        <summary>\n            <i class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n            Fact-Checked\n        <\/summary>\n\n        <div class=\"fl-gutenberg-byline-toggle-content\">\n            <p><em>The last updated date refers to the last time this article was reviewed by FindLaw or one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/company\/our-team\/contributing-authors.html\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing authors<\/a>. We make every effort to keep our articles updated. For information regarding a specific legal issue affecting you, please <a href=\"https:\/\/lawyers.findlaw.com\/?fli=bylinelink\" rel=\"noopener\">contact an attorney in your area<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/details>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rxbodyfield\" xmlns:o=\"urn:www.microsoft.com\/office\" xmlns:st1=\"urn:www.microsoft.com\/smarttags\" xmlns:w=\"urn:www.microsoft.com\/word\" xmlns:x=\"urn:www.microsoft.com\/excel\"><p>It is worth remembering that a &quot;guarantor&quot; includes someone who grants a lien on his or her property to secure the principal&#39;s debt even if the granting party is not personally liable for payment of the obligation. The plaintiff in <em>Mead v. Sanwa Bank California<\/em> was a ground lessor who had executed the Deed of Trust in order to &quot;subordinate&quot; the fee to the bank&#39;s mortgage in a ground lease financing.<\/p><p>When the bank attempted to foreclose on the plaintiff&#39;s fee interest in the property, it was met with a contention that the plaintiff&#39;s statutory rights as a guarantor had been violated. Even though the bank prevailed , the facts remind us to include standard guaranty waivers in any document in which one party grants a lien on its interest in property to secure the debt of another party. Such a situation can arise in a number of surprising settings and the need to include waivers is easy to overlook.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is worth remembering that a &#8220;guarantor&#8221; includes someone who grants a lien on his or her property to secure the principal&#8217;s debt even if the granting party is not personally liable for payment of the obligation. 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